Environmental values, pluralism, and stability
Ethics, Place and Environment 7 (1 & 2):73 – 83 (2004)
| Abstract | While an environmental ethic is not explicitly developed in A Theory of Justice, or Political Liberalism, it is possible to extrapolate some principles dealing with non-human nature, and thereby some environmental protections, with what Rawls provides. However, his inability to provide a non-anthropocentric environmental ethic might threaten the stability of a 'well-ordered' society, and this possibility gestures to the potential 'problem' of pluralism in general. Certain environmentalists will be dissatisfied with the status of their environmental values in a Rawlsian society. If the group is 'unreasonable', then while they are not technically threats to 'stability' (in that they are not part of the 'overlapping consensus' to begin with), they might instead be threats to the well-orderedness of the society. If the group is 'reasonable', Rawls must hope that they will also agree with enough of the political conception of justice, and be swayed by appeals to reasonableness, that they will join in the overlapping consensus despite their environmental concerns. There appear to be reasons to believe that, at least given a well-ordered society, this will often be the case. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,705 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesWendy A. Horwitz (1994). Characteristics of Environmental Ethics: Environmental Activits' Accounts. Ethics and Behavior 4 (4):345 – 367.
Daniel P. Thero (1995). Rawls and Environmental Ethics. Environmental Ethics 17 (1):93-106.
Daniel P. Thero (1995). Rawls and Environmental Ethics. Environmental Ethics 17 (1):93-106.
Russ Manning (1981). Environmental Ethics and Rawls' Theory of Justice. Environmental Ethics 3 (2):155-165.
Jordy Rocheleau (2003). Liberal Public Reason and the Legitimacy of Environmental Regulations. Social Philosophy Today 19:103-121.
Janna Thompson (1990). A Refutation of Environmental Ethics. Environmental Ethics 12 (2):147-160.
Derek Bell (2004). Environmental Justice and Rawls' Difference Principle. Environmental Ethics 26 (3):287-306.
Derek Bell (2004). Environmental Justice and Rawls' Difference Principle. Environmental Ethics 26 (3):287-306.
John Lemons (1981). Cooperation and Stability as a Basis for Environmental Ethics. Environmental Ethics 3 (3):219-230.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads16 ( #74,758 of 549,130 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,397 of 549,130 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
